Sleeping peacefully yet disturbed by the morning alarm. Time to get and up and start working out!! Well mom’s asleep so maybe I can relax instead, she won’t know. Mom comes out, time to LIE!!!! Why do I lie? Why do I have to torture myself every time? Why do I have to be so afraid to tell the truth?
Lies are everywhere, trust is gone, reputation; gone, maybe I shouldn’t have lied the first time, then I wouldn’t have to be so afraid whenever I’m in a tough situation. There have been instances where lies have gotten me into huge problems.
Once in 10th standard I was supposed to be in my Math Coaching Class, but what was I doing instead, having fun in the school’s Language Lab. After coming out I thought that I could get away by telling my mom that I was actually in class, alas my teacher had noticed that I wasn’t there, she ended up calling my mom. The interrogation session held later on charged me guilty. That ended up in me getting a nasty earful and a few reminders that lying isn’t always the solution to your problems.
I, being the careless person that I am didn’t listen. Another time was when I was supposed to be back home by 1800 hours(6:00pm) sharp, I ended up coming back at 1820 hours(6:20 pm) and I was afraid again as to what the consequences would be so I decided to lie that somebody borrowed my cycle and didn’t return it. I should have known that my parents would not believe that, they have also been through childhood and will also definitely have been through the lying stage.
Lying breaks your loved ones trust, and trust is very difficult to regain (written from experience) once lost. People will start perceiving you as a person who has no moral values and always lies in every instance. I used to think that lying will help me in covering up and hiding the truth but the truth always prevails. The truth hurts sometimes but it is better to be honest and tell the truth instead of breaking your inner character even more.
This will be a lesson to my past self and a letter to my future self. Whatever the situation you are in don’t lie, be courageous and tell the truth, it will help you. Although lying sometimes does help. It's easy to feel defeated when you're working towards a goal but feel like you're falling short. Fortunately, a little self-delusion, whether you're telling yourself that you waking up early was a great effort or digital detoxing is just as good. It can help keep you on track instead of making you feel like there's no choice but giving up. I am going to take a lesson from this and vow to never lie henceforth, what about you guys. Is lying good or bad?????
Great Mahima, a lesson well learnt and in fact makes life more easier and tension free. Keep educating me.
thanks deeps for the feedback..
Well I honestly haven't figured out whether lying is always morally wrong but what I do know is that you have to keep lying over and over to cover one... at the end of the day the guilt that preys upon you, you can't really evade that. Nicely written article Mahims and a topic well thought off!!